Food FDA Class I Completed Pathogen contamination
Ambriola Piccante grated Pecorino Romano, 5 and 10-pound plastic bags (units)
Ambriola Co., Inc., The Published Jan 14, 2026
Risk level
Class IDangerous or defective — could cause serious health problems or death.
Severity score 95/100
What should you do?
- Check whether you have this product, using the lot codes, UPCs, and dates listed below.
- Do not eat, serve, or sell the affected product.
- Return it to the place of purchase for a refund, or throw it away in a sealed bag so people and animals can’t get to it.
- Contact Ambriola Co., Inc., The or your place of purchase with questions, and see the source record below for full details.
Reason for recall
Product tested positive for Listeria Monocytogenes.
Hazards
Listeria monocytogenes · primary
Affected products (1)
Ambriola Piccante grated Pecorino Romano, 5 and 10-pound plastic bags (units)
179 Bags (Units)
Lot codes: number
Code info: Lot number(s): 1000572981 1000570737 1000570092 1000572487
Affected areas
ArizonaCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareFloridaGeorgiaIllinoisIndianaMaineMassachusettsNew JerseyNew YorkOhioOregonPennsylvaniaTexasVirginiaWashingtonWisconsin
Timeline
- InitiatedNov 21, 2025
- PublishedJan 14, 2026
- Recall number
- H-0373-2026
- Agency
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Country
- US
FDA records come from the openFDA food enforcement-report dataset — the agency's full weekly enforcement list. Most entries are not issued as consumer press releases, so they won't appear on fda.gov/recalls or in a web search. The source record link above resolves this exact recall by its number.